Title	Varner-Alexander House
Description	This image is a watercolor painting of the Varner-Alexander House (also known as Grey Columns) in Tuskegee, Alabama done by an unknown student sometime between 1917 and 1942. The painting shows the front exterior of the house with its doors, windows, shutters, two story columned porch, steps, balcony, iron hand railing, decorative ironwork, sloped roof, and tower room rising from the roof surrounded by trees and landscaping. There is a woman in period dress on the porch. The house is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including the molding under the roof and above the windows, the columns, the iron railing from the balcony, the decorative ironwork on the side of the house, the decorative windows framing the door, various scales, and stone vases. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp. Above the stamp there is a handwritten inscription "1st Medal." The painting is in fair condition with a minor hole in the top left corner, and is encapsulated.
Related Materials	Library of Congress (Historic American Buildings Survey): http://www.loc.gov/item/al0335/ ; Alabama Department of Archives and History (Varner-Alexander family photos): http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/search/collection/photo/searchterm/varner-alexander%20tuskegee/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/
Date	ca. 1917-1942
Location	Tuskegee -- Macon County -- Alabama
Street Address	Old Montgomery Road (Institute Road), Tuskegee, Macon County, AL
LC Subject Headings	Architectural drawing Watercolor painting Varner-Alexander House (Tuskegee, Ala.) Dwellings -- Alabama -- Tuskegee Doors Windows Porches Columns Balconies Hand-railing Architectural ironwork Stairs Roofs Towers Moldings Stone vases Women Trees Landscape architecture
AAT Subject Headings	architectural drawings watercolors houses dwellings doors windows shutters porches columns balconies handrails ironwork steps roofs towers moldings: architectural stoneware vases women trees landscaping
TGM Subject Headings	Architectural drawings Watercolors Houses Dwellings Doors & doorways Windows Shutters Porches Columns Balconies Hand railings Ironwork Roofs Towers Moldings Vases Women Trees Landscapes (Representations)
EOA Categories	Arts & Literature -- Architecture Arts & Literature -- Painting, Sculpture, and the Plastic Arts
Original Medium	watercolor painting, 97 x 143 cm
Type	Image
Format	PDF
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File Name	RG457_025.pdf
Original Item ID	RG 457, no. 25
Collection	Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Caudle, Dana M.
Mini-Collections	Historic Buildings